Pembrokeshire County Council has been urged once again to act to prevent 'inconsiderate parking' continuing on a route up to Tenby cemetery.

The issue has been raised by councillors in Tenby persistently with the Local Authority over the last couple of years, after it was flagged-up that motorists were resorting to ditching their vehicles along Slippery Back, leading to concerns that an inordinate amount of cars parked along the stretch of roadway leading up to the cemetery, would make the route impassable for a funeral cortège.

County councillor for Tenby’s North Ward Michael Williams, has once again pressed PCC to act on the matter, requesting that something be done to prevent this constantly occurring on the access road to the cemetery.

“The access to the cemetery was almost completely blocked with parked cars over the Easter weekend,” stated Cllr Williams in correspondence sent to PCC’s streetcare manager Marc Owen.

“Is there any way that parking can be restricted along the length of the lane? It was impossible for any larger than usual vehicles to gain access,” he explained.

A response from PCC’s traffic department last year, previously suggested that as ‘Slippery Back’ was classed as a Public Bridleway and as such, given its status the ‘Traffic Team’ wouldn’t be in a position to consider double yellow lines in this location.

Members of Tenby Town Council also raised concerns last year, with former Mayor and councillor Sue Lane stating: “Parking is horrific and restricts access to the cemetery. Does anyone have any ideas?”

The town clerk explained the reasoning as to why double yellow lines couldn’t be introduced as the route had been reclassified as a bridleway by Dyfed County Council in the 1990s.

“You cannot introduce double yellow lines on a bridleway as it is not ‘highway’ and technically no vehicles are allowed to use it without permission,” he explained.

Mrs Lane said that if that was the case, then cars surely should not be parked there. Visitors to the cemetery would have de facto permission to use the road, before suggesting that PCC consider reclassifying the road.

Cllr Dai Morgan had suggested putting bollards on the verges to prevent parking. If bollards were expensive to install, boulders could be another option, suggested Cllr Duncan Whitehurst.

Cllr Charles Dale wondered if an ‘Access Only’ sign could be introduced, which would act as a deterrent indicating that only people who need to use the road should do so.